MAnderson

Actually saw that show as I was flipping through channels last night. They didn't show Hypersonic, but they did show Dodonpa and some of the S&S plant prototype Thrust Air 2000 footage.

Pretty cool if you ask me. Never knew about the scale that weighs the trains, then has the air pressure compensate for it. Maybe it's relative to the tower's height, but the train seems to crawl over Dodonpa's main tower.

SFNE Dude

coasterguy 46

Friday, August 1, 2003 10:52 AM

They have played it alot the last couple of days. I have seen it on at least 3 times. It was cool to see how they weigh each train on Dodonpa. Do they do that on Hypersonic too? Does anyone know why it only goes 170ft up but it gets launched at 107mph? Are there trims on the way up the tower?

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SFGAMan

Friday, August 1, 2003 12:05 PM

The train doesn't go up the tower right after the launch. It goes through some turn or something. I thought the tires actually reduce the friction. I dunno.

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coasterguy 46

Friday, August 1, 2003 5:17 PM

I know it goes through that massive baked turn before the tower. I'm just surprised that it scrubs that much speed. The soft tires give alot more rolling resistance than the polyurethane ones though so I guess its possible that it loses that much speed. Why did they put the trims on the tower though? Did they have a hieght restriction?

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Willh51

Friday, August 1, 2003 6:32 PM

On XLC, I don't think it needs to go any faster (if it can). I had my bar fairly loose and the air hurt my legs pretty bad on the tower and the camel back. I think that if it was any faster, you would just jerk painfully over the top. As for Dodonpa, I won't be riding that anytime soon, but it looks kind of boring after the tower though.*** This post was edited by Willh51 8/1/2003 10:33:27 PM ***

SFGAMan

after the tower, theres just straight track. Is there anything after that? None of the pics show anything more than that.

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